It took about 12 total hours to give out all the tickets to today’s events featuring President Barack Obama. As of 3:40 p.m. Monday, all tickets for both Obama’s speech on student loans and the 2 p.m. taping of NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” were claimed.

The short-lived ticket distribution for Tuesday’s taping of NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” with President Barack Obama and Dave Matthews Band does not guarantee even seniors a spot in Memorial Hall.

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